Ellen Drolette, former family child care business owner for 30 years turned author upon retiring. In this conversation, Ellen shares her journey from running a family child care program to now supporting early educators in new ways after retirement. Through her work with Positive Spin and Seed and Sew, she focuses on building growth mindsets and strength-based practices for children, families, and educators. Naturally, stick around for deep questions involving business advice, alternate realities, and some word association.